One Sword Burns the Sky

"It's you—? It's you?! You little bastard of the Xiao Clan!"

And from the Worm Dragon's perspective, what he saw was a sea of fire that burned away the Demonic Qi filling the sky surging over in that instant, forcing him to halt where he was, unable to advance even an inch.

A young man in a black outfit stepped through the air and came over, lightly catching Yao Wan as she was sent flying backward. In that moment, the boundless sea of fire seemed to enter an especially docile state, surrounding the two figures within it.

And though it was called a sea of fire, the Worm Dragon scratched his ears and cheeks outside it, yet had no way to advance even an inch. The countless brilliantly burning flames here gave him an unprecedentedly intense sense of threat, so much so that they were enough to threaten this newly born form of his.

The sea of fire before him was in truth a Fire Lotus magnified countless times. Countless tongues of flame that spewed forth turned into lotus petals, blooming from the lotus heart, then slowly drooping down and returning once more into the churning lotus heart.

The enormous Fire Lotus that churned without end cut off everything outside. The Northern Dragon King's grating shouts could not intrude here in the slightest, and the original gloom and cold slowly dispersed as well, like winter departing and spring day arriving.

That familiar voice she could never possibly forget sounded beside her ear. Yao Wan softly drew a breath, then could not help raising her somewhat stunned gaze.

Then she happened to meet those dark red eyes she had already stared into countless times, and she was dazed for a moment.

Warm flames wrapped around her for a time, driving away